From Băile Tuşnad, the prime minister of Hungary announces that he will not support the EU budget unless all suspended funds are unlocked
The Hungarian government will not support the new seven -year -old budget of the European Union if Brussels does not unlock all Suspended EU funds, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday.
Viktor Orban photo; Inquam Photos/Tudor Pană
In the last 15 years, the nationalist leader has disputes with Brussels because of his migration policies, limiting LGBTQ rights and what critics consider to be an erosion of democracy in Hungary. The EU has suspended billions of euros from funds allocated to Hungary, in the context in which a dispute regarding the rule of law persists, writes Agerpres.
“The approval of the new budget for seven years requires unanimity, and until we get the remaining (frozen) funds, there will be no new EU budget,” said Orban in a speech at a summer university in the city of Băile Tuşnad in Romania.
He also criticized the EU for the support given to Ukraine and accused Brussels of planning to install a “Pro-Buraine and Pro-Bruxelles government “ in Hungary at next year's national election.
He also said that the current EU leadership placed the community block on a track that would lead to a commercial war that Europe “He can't win it.”
“The current EU leadership will always be the last to sign agreements with the United States and always the worst agreements.” Orban added, asking for a change in the block leadership.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will meet in Scotland with the US President Donald Trump on Sunday, after EU officials and diplomats said they are expecting a framework-commercial agreement this weekend, Reuters recalls.
The European Commission proposed an EU budget of 2,000 billion euros for 2028-2034, with a new emphasis on economic competitiveness and defense earlier this month.
Orban also said that “Globalistic bureaucrats ” plins to 'to ”Draws up to Europe's money in Ukraine, “while” our farmers protest to defend their future. “
The budget debates are among the most difficult in EU policy, highlighting political and economic divisions between the member countries.
Orban, who won the last four elections, will face a harsh opponent among the opposition, whose Tisza party has a firm advance to the Fidesz government formation, at most of the surveys.
In his speech, Orban seemed confident, and said that, based on the internal data of his party, Fidesz would win in 80 of the 106 electoral constituencies of Hungary if the elections took place on Sunday.
